Fountain County Clerk's Building, also known as the Lew Wallace Law Office, is a historic government

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building located at Covington,

Fountain County, Indiana Fountain County lies in the western part of the U.S. state of Indiana on the east side of the Wabash River. The county was officially established in 1826 and was the 53rd in Indiana. The county seat is Covington. According to the 2000 United ...

. It was built in 1842, and is a one-story, double pile,

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style red brick building. It has a side gable roof and sits on a stone foundation. The front facade features a nearly full-width front porch with decorative scrollwork. It housed the office of the

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until 1859, when the building was sold and moved to its present location and the clerk's offices were moved to the third

Fountain County Courthouse Fountain County Courthouse is a historic courthouse located at Covington, Fountain County, Indiana. It was built in 1937 as a Public Works Administration project. History Fountain County Courthouse was designed by Louis Johnson, and completed ...

. From 1849 to 1853, the building housed the law office of

Lew Wallace Lewis Wallace (April 10, 1827February 15, 1905) was an American lawyer, Union general in the American Civil War, governor of the New Mexico Territory, politician, diplomat, and author from Indiana. Among his novels and biographies, Wallace is ...

(1827-1901). ''Note:'' This includes and Accompanying photographs. It was listed on the

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in 2002.

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Government buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana Federal architecture in Indiana Government buildings completed in 1842 Buildings and structures in Fountain County, Indiana National Register of Historic Places in Fountain County, Indiana 1842 establishments in Indiana County government buildings in Indiana {{FountainCountyIN-NRHP-stub